Mant! – Half Man – Half Ant
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Half Man – Half Ant

Aug 31st 2012 by James Vaughan

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Film In 1993, director Joe Dante, made a little known film that has since become a cult classic for lovers of  ‘B grade’ 1950′s science fiction. Matinee, starring John Goodman, is a feel good comedy about a Hollywood huckster who premieres his gimmicky new monster movie in the town of Key West Florida while the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is coincidentally occurring. Events are particularly important to the main characters in Matinee as Cuba is a scant 94 miles from Key West. The movie has that over-all cute feeling that was so common in post “E.T.’ Hollywood. Despite it’s sugary feel, Matinee does a good job in details and characterizations, and is a fun ‘must-see’ for ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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The Nuclear Family Goes Underground
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The Nuclear Family Goes Underground

Apr 20th 2012 by James Vaughan

Kitsch Our re-runs of an Ultra Swank world are interrupted by a shrill tone from the television. ‘Howdy Dooty’ and Mom’s favorite soap opera are suddenly replaced by a Civil Defense symbol and gravely intoned warnings of the END OF THE WORLD! High above the utopian suburbs of plenty, an ever present overcast of death and despair loomed. The Cold War was a monstrous chess game played out by the Super-Powers. The stakes were life and death of the entire world. Protection from the fallout of Hydrogen Bombs was possible. Contrary to popular myth, radiation would drop to safe levels after ( continue reading... )